[Verfurt]

In the skin1/customer/main/subcategories.tpl find the code:

{if $products eq ""}
{if $f_products ne ""}
<p />
{include file="customer/main/featured.tpl"}
{/if}
{/if}

And replace it with:

{if $f_products ne ""}
<p />
{include file="customer/main/featured.tpl"}
{/if}

Didn't test it, but it used to work